Legal Opinion

McKeown v. Moore

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided June 21, 1922No. Nos. 14669-70-71-72-73-74PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Appeals from the Circuit Court of Pike county; the Hon. Harry Higbee, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dunn

In 1917 the General Assembly amended section 90 of the School law by enacting another section bearing the same number which omitted all reference to the subject matter' of the original section 90 and covered an entirely different subject. (Laws of 1917, p. 739.) The amended law created an ex-officio board, composed of the county superintendent of schools, the county judge and the county clerk, with discretionary power, upon petition of legal voters, to change the boundaries of high school districts by detaching or annexing territory and to create community high school districts. This…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Donahue v. County of WillIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  2. Owings v. SpeedSupreme Court of the United States · 1820
  3. Comrs. of Mason v. GriffinIllinois Supreme Court · 1890
  4. Hyslop v. FinchIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  5. Funkhouser v. CoffinIllinois Supreme Court · 1921

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Goodfriend v. Board of AppealsAppellate Court of Illinois · 1973
  2. People ex rel. Mark v. HartquistIllinois Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Massey v. City Council of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1948
  4. Anderson v. HadleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1954
  5. Joyce v. Board of EducationAppellate Court of Illinois · 1945

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